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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Joshua R. Porter, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Nathan A. Winslow, Warsaw, IN (US);
Jeffrey Kneisl, Charlotte, NC (US);
John W. Sperling, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/32 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/40 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61F 2/32 (2013.01); A61F 2/3804 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0823 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30507 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30769 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4011 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a prosthetic is disclosed. Soft tissue attachment pads having porous metal attachment regions and suture accepting holes are selectively positioned onto an implantable prosthetic to provide coupling locations.